Dal'qörian adjective endings

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dal'qörian adjectives fall under one of 3 categories: verbal-derivative, noun-related or non-derivative.

Verb-derivative adjectives

In dalqörian, Verb-derivative adjectives are those which have a 'verbal' relative. If the adjective is derived from an infinitive, it must add the suffix ädn:

verb	adjective
iquir-to like	iquirädn-likeable
döfindr-to afford	döfindrädn-affordable

If the past participle of the verb is used as the adjective, this must lose its participle prefix gä' and again add the suffix ädn:

past participle	adjective
gä'amár-captivated	amárädn-captivated
gä'lilör-irritated	lilörädn-irritated

It's very important to remember this rule with past participle adjectives. For example, if you were to translate the sentence:

I am captivated by her looks.

using the participle:

Binä, máriÞ di gesibniel qve siöra, gä'amár

then this would translate back as:

I captivated with her looks

which of course makes no sense. You must use the adjective ending:

Binä, máriÞ di gesibniel qve siöra, amárädn.

Noun-related adjectives

These are adjectives that have no verbal relative. These are 'free standing' adjectives, but their respective nouns are formed with the suffix ámn (note: Where the adjective ends in ä, this is removed):

adjective	noun
söaviä-romantic	söaviámn-romance
sörelbæ-pleasurable	sörelbæámn-pleasure

Non-derivative adjectives

These are simply dalq'örian adjectives that have no specific ending, and no verbal or nounal relative.